PNY Verto GeForce4 Ti 4600 review: PNY Verto GeForce4 Ti 4600
Peak performance
CNET Lab’s performance tests show that the $400 Verto, with its GeForce4 Ti 4600 chipset and 128MB of DDR SDRAM, is well equipped to perform. The higher resolutions of Quake III challenge the memory bandwidth of graphics cards, and this is where Nvidia’s optimizations of the GeForce4’s memory architecture make a difference. The PNY Verto board is consistently faster than its competitors and attains its greatest leads at the highest resolutions. On the Quake III and 3Dmark2001 Pro tests (at 1,600×1,200 resolution), the Verto is on average 30 percent faster than its closest competitor, the VisionTek Xtasy 6964 GeForce3 Ti 500. In the 3D WinBench 2000 test, the gap closes a little to about 17.5 percent. The Verto scored nearly identically to our Nvidia GeForce4 Ti 4600 reference card.
With the Verto GeForce4 Ti 4600, hardware vendor PNY enters the brave new world of GeForce4 graphics cards. The GeForce4 Ti 4600 is aimed at game enthusiasts who are willing to pay a pretty penny for the fastest frame rates—even at the highest resolutions—with all effects turned on. To get a closer look at the technology used in the GeForce4, check out our first review of a and our First Take on Nvidia’s GeForce4 line.
With the Verto GeForce4 Ti 4600, hardware vendor PNY enters the brave new world of GeForce4 graphics cards. The GeForce4 Ti 4600 is aimed at game enthusiasts who are willing to pay a pretty penny for the fastest frame rates—even at the highest resolutions—with all effects turned on. To get a closer look at the technology used in the GeForce4, check out our first review of a GeForce3 card and our First Take on Nvidia’s GeForce4 line.
The PNY Verto is compatible with all versions of Windows from 95 onward, and installing the card was no problem, thanks to its straightforward instruction booklet. The guide shows clearly how to differentiate AGP from PCI and ISA slots, so users should have no problem with initial setup.
However, taking advantage of some of the custom GeForce4 features may be a challenge. The user guide was written for the GeForce3 cards (as is clearly stated within), and we uncovered discrepancies between the utility software described in the booklet and what’s actually included with the card. For example, features such as Adjust Z-Buffer Depth or Enable Alternate Depth are mentioned in the booklet but can’t be found in the software. Others, such as Anisotropic Filtering, Video Mirror, and Desktop Manager, get no ink but are viable elements of the software. Although PNY representatives said they now have updated documentation, they couldn’t confirm that updated user guides will be included with all shipping cards.
Few extras
Few extras are included with the bare-bones PNY Verto. Aside from the drivers and Direct X 8.1, Star Wars Starfighter is the only additional piece of software included with the card. While Starfighter is fun, it doesn’t come anywhere near showing what this card is capable of.
The Verto also includes the standard VGA, DVI, and TV-out ports, and it has multimontior capabilities. But if you want to hook up another monitor, you’ll have to shell out for the cables and/or the DVI-to-VGA converter.
This card’s support is not to be sniffed at. PNY backs the Verto better than most companies, with a lifetime replacement warranty and toll-free technical support Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. ET. The PNY Web site contains useful FAQs, drivers, and product manuals.
Should you upgrade?
The PNY Verto GeForce4 Ti 4600 is the fastest card we’ve seen to date. But whether you should buy it depends on which card you have in your system right now. At $350 to $400, a GeForce4 card is a big investment, especially if you spent a similar amount on a GeForce3 within the last year. While the performance gains are significant, they simply aren’t enough to justify buying the card; instead, you might want to wait and see what Nvidia has coming up next.
If you own a GeForce2 (or lesser) card, however, then it makes sense to invest in a GeForce4. It would be huge leap compared to what you’re used to now, and you’d be able to play those new vertex/pixel-shader-enhanced games the way they were intended.
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The PNY Verto is the clear leader among current graphics cards. It consistently beats even its closest competitor, the VisionTek Xtasy 6964, which is based on the GeForce3 Ti 500 architecture. The PNY scored nearly identically to our Nvidia GeForce4 Ti 4600 reference card, so we did not include the reference board in the chart.
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Review: ABIT Geforce 4 TI4600 — Graphics
Introduction
Earlier on this year Hexus.net took a look at the reference Ti4600 board from NVidia. The next month they were available for the consumers to buy from the usual manufacturers. I am going to take a look the fastest 3d accelerator card currently available from ABit, they have named it the Siluro Ti4600.
As the name suggests this card comes with NVidias latest and greatest chipset named the Ti4600. The Geforce4 Ti series comes in
three flavours, the Ti4200, Ti4400 and the Ti4600. For an
in-depth look at specifics with these chipsets please take a look
here, where Hexus.net’s very own Ryszard takes us through the
technical aspects of the chipset.
The ABit Siluro Ti4600 graphics card stays faithful to the reference design up to a point. The only difference is the inclusion of a custom core heatsink and fan combo along with passive heatsinks for the on board memory.
You can see all this in the picture below:
In the picture you can see the range of ports the card is installed with.
These are D-Sub Output, DVI output and the S-Video/Composite TV-Out. One
of the stressed features of the GF4 series is the 1024×768 resolution on
the TV-Out. This provides a lot higher quality than has previously been
seen by NVidia cards.
Here’s a quick run down of the Siluro’s features:
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NVidia GF4 Ti GPU -
128mb DDR SDRAM
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AGP 4x/2x
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TV-out
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nFiniteFX II Engine
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DVI-I
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nView
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Accuview
These are all the standard Ti4600 chipset features.
To steal material from Ryszard (as he does it so well) the Ti series include the highly pimped Accuview anti-aliasing logic, the TMDS and HDTV logic and nView display tech and the LMA II crossbar. You can see all this in detail from the Hexus NVidia review sample seen
here.
Specification
The formal specification of the card is quite impressive. These numbers and details are a direct quote from ABit:
- NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 256-bit 3D GPU
- 128MB high-speed 128bit DDR RAM memory
- AGP 2x/4x with Fast Writes and AGP
Texturing Support - NVIDIA nFiniteFX II Engine
- Dual Programmable Vertex Shaders
- Advanced programmable Pixel Sahders
- 4 dual rendering pipelines, 8 texels
per clock cycle - NVIDIA Lightspeed memory Architecture
(LMA) II - NVIDIA Accuview Antialiasing
- NVIDIA nView
- High-quality HDTV and DVD playback
- Support TV-Out
- DVI-I Supports LCD Monitors
- DVI-I to VGA Adapter Supports dual CRT
displays
The dual display capabilities of this card
are impressive to say the least.
Because of the dual pumped 350mhz
RAMDAC’s the card can run two monitors at two different refresh rates and
two different resolutions. Previous to this you could only find this
facility in high end graphics hardware.
Installation
You get the usual range of cables, wires and
driver CD. Only thing missing is some sort of free gaming software.
However in the past I never actually used any games software I acquired
with a graphics card and leaving it out does help to keep the price down.
However extra games often appeal to people. You can see the complete
bundle below:
To install this card I had to take out my
Asus GeForce3 Deluxe card that had stood me so well. Installation was
simplicity itself. Dropped it in the AGP socket of my ABit KR7A-Raid
motherboard, switched on and booted up.
Previous to putting the card in I
downloaded detonator driver version 27.70 which I had heard was the best
driver for the GeForce4 range of cards. So when getting into windows at a
nice 640×480 resolution I immediately installed the new drivers and when
prompted to, rebooted.
Everything went smoothly during the next
boot and I immediately set my resolution to 1600x1200x32 with 85hz refresh
rate. The picture was crystal clear and nothing noticeably different at
this stage. The display settings were exactly the same as the GeForce3
accept for the addition of the nView menu. You can see this below:
For the purposes of testing I left all the
settings at default except for turning V-Sync off to keep it so that any
tests are not restricted in the frames per second department.
Performance
To test the performance of this card I will
use the usual Hexus benchmarking programs.
Each benchmarking score will be
compared to scores already taken here at Hexus. It will be put up against
Visiontek’s Ti4400 graphics card and the Gainward Golden Sample Ti550 both
of them at stock clock speeds.
The benchmarking software used will be
3DMark2001SE, Serious Sam 2, Quake 3 v1.30 and Aquamark v2.3. Each
benchmark will be run 3 times for accuracy and the computer rebooted
between each benchmark for consistency. I would like to stress here that
the scores for the GF4 Ti4400 and the GF3 Ti500 will be on a slightly
different computer specification than the one I am currently testing as I
don’t personally have access to these cards. But for the sake of
consistency I will keep the computer specifications as similar as
possible.
As I previously mentioned the settings for
the graphics card will remain strictly at default except for forcing
V-Sync off in both DirectX and OpenGL.
I used RivaTuner V2.0 RC10.2 for
this and will do later for the overclocking of the card.
ABit Siluro GeForce4 Ti4600 test rig:
- ABit KR7A-Raid KT266A Chipset, Socket
A AMD DDR Motherboard - Unlocked AMD Athlon XP1500+ Processor
(1.33ghz, 10×133) - 2 x 256mb Kingmax PC2700 DDR Memory
Modules (CAS2) - ABit Siluro GeForce4 Ti4600 128mb
- Adaptec 39160 PCI SCSI Dual Channel
U160 controller - Atlas II 10,000rpm 36.5gb U160 SCSI
Disk - 2 x Seagate 10,000rpm 18.5gb U2W SCSI
Disks (Software Raid 0 config) - Sony IDE CDRW
- Creative Soundblaster Audigy Player
Retail - Detonator XP 27.70 NVidia Drivers
GeForce4 Ti4400 & GeForce3 Ti500 test
rig:
- Epox 8K3AW, KT333 Chipset, Socket A
AMD DDR Motherboard - Unlocked AMD Athlon XP1500+
Processor (1.
33ghz, 10×133) - 2 x 256mb Samsung PC2700 DDR Memory
Modules (CAS2) - Visiontek Xtasy GeForce4 Ti4400
128mb - Gainward Ti550 GeForce3 Ti500 64mb
- Adaptec 39160 PCI SCSI Dual Channel
U160 Controller - 2 x 73gb Seagate Cheetah U160
10,000rpm SCSI Disks - Plextor 12/10/32s SCSI CDRW
- Pioneer 6x Slot-load SCSI DVD
- Creative Soundblaster Audigy Player
Retail - Detonator XP 27.42 NVidia Drivers
Software Used on both systems:
- Windows XP Professional Build
2600.xpclient.010817-1148 - Aquamark V2.3
- Quake3 v1.30
- 3DMark 2001 Professional Second
Edition - Serious Sam: The Second Encounter
Demo
As you can see there are only 2 major
discrepancies one is the motherboard used.
The chipsets are very similar
except the KT333 is slightly more up to date and supports DDR333 (PC2700)
ram. The other main difference is the Detonator driver version used. Other
than that, the setups are virtually identical.
3DMark2001 Second Edition Pro
To start with I will use the most common and
everyone’s favourite benchmarking program, 3DMark2001SE. MadOnion did a
good job with this benchmark and this is the reason it has become one of
the most popular benchmarking tools. It stresses most aspects of the
system with the heaviest weighting being the graphics card and the CPU.
As expected the Ti4600 chipset pulls out a
very comfortable lead over the other two cards. This is the first time I
have seen a graphics card almost break that magical 10k barrier at
default. That is no less than stunning performance.
As we have said
constantly here at Hexus, anything above a 6000 score at default with
3DMark2001SE is a system more than capable of playing any currently
available game with ease. The component that is letting the benchmark down
is the CPU, to test this theory I set the CPU to XP1900 speeds (1.6ghz)
and ran the bench again. You can see the benchmark
here. The score attained was 10921, this is breaking the 10k barrier
and then some. Almost reaching 11k and still at default is simply
overwhelming. This quite obviously shows that the GF4 is sitting around
waiting for the CPU to pass information to it, no overclocking of the GF4
Ti4600 chipset would be needed at all for a extremely high 3DMark2001
score.
Serious Sam 2: The Second Encounter — The
Valley Of The Jaguar
Like
3DMark this test stresses all aspects of the system with significance on
the graphics card and CPU.
With this benchmark I will run it at 3
different resolutions. First 1600×1200 then 1280×1024 and then finally
1024×768. Lets take a look at the results when compared to the other
cards:
Obviously there is some discrepancy between
the results. Unfortunately because the other two cards scores that are
shown here aren’t on precisely the same computer specification the results
are somewhat off. The difference could be because of many different
factors, the major two being the motherboard and the driver version. Of
course there are other things to consider such as bios settings, ram
timings and ram speeds. However I find it strange that this occurrence
hasn’t shown up in any of the other benchmarks I have performed. You can
see that every other benchmark is achieving the expected range of results.
I think its safe to say we can disregard these results from a comparison
point of view.
Quake 3 — v1.30
Next we come to the infamous
Quake 3 benchmark. This is a standard benchmark that most reviews include
and is right up there in popularity with 3DMark2001. Quake 3 has been
scoring incredible marks even with the GeForce3, now using a GeForce4 we
should expect nothing less than stunning. Lets see how the new NVidia
chipset performs in the real gaming world. As before the resolutions are
1600×1200 then 1280×1024 and then finally 1024×768.
In a word. Impressive. In this real world
benchmark the GeForce4 Ti series of card is setting new standards and
breaking old records. As expected the low resolution benchmarks are high,
but where the GF4 Ti chipset shines through is at the higher resolutions.
Only 20fps have been dropped between 1024×768 to 1600×1200. In fact the
GF4 Ti4600 score is higher than the Ti500s low resolution score. I would
simply have been impressed to see a default benchmark at 1600×1200 break
the 100fps barrier let alone crash through it to 150+ FPS.
Obviously here the CPU is greatly
restricting the performance of the GeForce chipsets. A top end AMD or
Intel CPU would easily have this card breaking 200fps without any
overclocking needed at all. The higher the resolution the less CPU
dependant the card gets. This is why we see such a huge improvement at the
top end of the scale.
Aquamark — v2.3
To round off the benchmarks
I will use another Hexus regular, Aquamark. This benchmark is newer than
each of the others and not quite as well known. To be brief Aquamark is
based on the Aquanox 3D engine and uses DX8. We always say at Hexus that
anything over 50fps is excellent with this benchmark so that’s always
something to watch out for. Aquamark is only benched in one resolution and
that is 1024x768x32. Lets take a look:
As can be seen all the graphics cards
perform excellently across the board. As we have now come to expect though,
the ABit Siluro Ti4600 outshines them all. This particular benchmark loves high
performance shader hardware and this is something the NV25 (GF4Ti) has,
with bells on. Again like with the rest of the benchmarks the scores could
be greatly increased by having a much faster CPU. But this is of course
always the case with anything you benchmark.
Overclocking!
Finally the interesting bit. The reason most people will be buying this
graphics card when its still so new (and extremely expensive) is for its
benchmarking capabilities and overclocking performance.
Overclocking this graphics card was a simple
as all the other GeForce series of graphics cards. I simply installed the
latest version of RivaTuner and got tweaking. Now the aim of the game is
to get the highest benchmark possible. I am personally using 3DMark2001SE.
I like this one because it can be used to compare your system against
another persons through the online results browser. In effect making it
almost a competition (that Macci always wins!).
Unfortunately my CPU isn’t much of a
performer and I can only manage to squeeze a maximum of 1.925ghz out of it
at the best of times, the magic settings being 11x175mhz. This was with my
old GeForce3. This was, of course, all water cooled with my Koolance
system.
When installing the ABit Siluro GeForce4
Ti4600 I was disappointed to learn the new NVidia reference design was
different than the GeForce3. Because of this I am unable to attach my GPU
water block. So all the overclocking done here is with stock cooling and
stock voltages.
Straight away I went into the bios and set
the magic number, 11×175. I was shocked to discover a BSOD upon booting. I
lowered the FSB by one decrement and rebooted and Still got myself a BSOD
for my efforts. All the voltages were as high as I cared to take them with
the CPU already at 2.2v and the DDR PC2700 at 3.2v. Eventually I managed
to get it to boot and be stable at 11×170 giving me a processor speed of
1870mhz. This is obviously very disappointing.
Next comes the GeForce4 Ti overclocking. I
used the hardware option in RivaTuner to overclock my GeForce3 so I
immediately stepped here to do the GF4. I slowly incremented the core and
did a quick Drago bench in 3DMark as a quick test of stability. Eventually
it did the classic hanging because of a overclocked core, this was at
337mhz. After the next reboot I set about finding the speed for the video
memory. Using the same method I was stunned to discover I could go all the
way up to 756mhz.
The next stage now having discovered the max
settings to everything is to run the benchmark. Slacking the core clock
off to 335 I ran 3DMark. After a few re-runs and some tweaking to settings
I managed to score myself a modest 12877. You can see this
here.
I was a little disappointed that the
GeForce4 appears to be restricting my FSB overclock and therefore bringing
my CPU speed down a few Mhz in the process. But the actual scored achieved
was very impressive indeed. Obviously not up there with the big scorers as
they are now using the high performing HUGE clocking Pentium 4 Northwoods.
But I feel with a good processor behind this graphics card will be up
there amongst the top few.
Conclusion
Obviously the performance of this card is
nothing less the stunning. It sets new standards in speeds and benchmark
results. Unfortunately a card of this calibre needs a good performing CPU
to back it up otherwise it gets bottle necked and the GF4 sits around
waiting for data. Saying this I don’t think there is a CPU available that
can truly bring out the maximum speed of this graphics card.
This card can take anything the gaming
industry cares to throw at it and not only make it playable but at
stunningly high resolutions as well. The benchmarks themselves gives you
all the information you need. If you are in the market for the fastest GPU
available and have the money for it. Then this is your card.
The NVidia reference design for the Ti4600
makes it so that pretty much all manufacturers of this GPU are going to
have similar performances. The difference’s are going to be in the quality
of the components used and therefore their overclockability. If you are
planning on purchasing an NVidia GF4 Ti based card but not planning on
overclocking it, my suggestion is simply find the cheapest one (we are
still talking just under £300) and it will do you fine. For overclocking I
believe it to be pure luck if you find a good one or not. Time is showing
that nearly all Ti4600 (and some Ti4400) boards are overclocking to around
the 330/756 mark. With stock fans and volts. For the really high speeds
extreme cooling measures will need to be taken in conjunction with voltage
modifications.
ABit have produced a stunning graphics card
based on a stunning chipset. They have not let themselves or NVidia down
by the package they offer and the HSF combo along with the passive memory
cooling heatsinks to a excellent job of keeping the chips cool. The dual
monitor and TV-Out options are excellent add-ons and make the graphics
card appeal to a wider audience. With TV-Out resolutions at 1024×768 you
cant really go wrong.
To sum it all up, this card performs…. and
then some.
Pro’s
Con’s
Choose GeForce4 Ti4200-8X We are accustomed to continuous price reduction and can no longer think otherwise than «tomorrow we will get a better product for less money.» But sometimes troubles happen: with the transition of GeForce4 Ti4200 video cards to the AGP 8X bus, only an increase in prices and no increase in performance is observed. The sale of the «older», cheaper GeForce4 Ti4200 will not last long, so we still have to choose among the new GeForce4 Ti4200-8X models.
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| Specifications of video cards |
We’ve already reviewed some GeForce4 Ti4200-8X-based graphics cards in the last issue of Home PC, and to make the test results comparable, we used the same configuration this time. As the price of the GeForce4 Ti4200-8X video cards became more expensive, their attractiveness somewhat decreased, and at the same time, the choice of a specific model became easier, which was reflected in a fairly large spread of scores in this test compared to the previous ones. nine0006
GeForce4 Ti series comparison
| Model | Core frequency, MHz | Memory frequency, MHz | Estimated price, $ |
| GeForce4 Ti4200 64 MB | 250 | 500 | 140 |
| GeFroce4 Ti4200 128MB | 250 | 500 or 444 | 160 |
| GeForce4 Ti4200-8X 64 MB | 250 | 500 | 160 |
| GeForce4 Ti4200-8X 128 MB | 250 | 500 | 180 |
| GeForce4 Ti4400 128MB | 275 | 550 | 225 |
| GeForce4 Ti4800SE 64 MB | 275 | 500 | 165 |
| GeForce4 Ti4800SE 128 MB | 275 | 550 | 220 |
| GeForce4 Ti4600 128 MB | 300 | 650 | 270 |
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First of all, let’s talk about the models that differ from the «old» GeForce4 Ti4200 not only by the symbols 8X in the name. ASUS Super Fast V9 graphics card280S/TVD 128 MB is made in the image and likeness of GeForce4 Ti4600. Its memory chips are reliably protected from overheating by radiators, and a high-quality copper cooler is installed on the graphics chip. Even without additional overclocking, this video card performs better than the GeForce4 Ti4800SE, not to mention other GeForce4 Ti4200-8X. It’s expensive, but if we take into account that it is equipped with a video input and loaded to capacity with games and other software, then it can be called the most successful purchase for users who are not fond of overclocking and want to get a video card from the GeForce4 Ti series. nine0006
Another higher clocked board is ABIT Siluro GF4 Ti4200-8X OTES 128 MB. Its graphics chip cooling system is similar to that used in the latest GeForce FX, which allows it to perform faster in standard mode than most competitors. But this positive moment is lost against the background of the noise produced by the video card, so we can only recommend it to those users who want to train their ears before buying a GeForce FX. nine0006
Other participants have standard frequencies. First of all, I would like to note the Leadtek WinFast A280LETD MyViVO 128 MB, whose massive heatsink covers not only the graphics chip, but also the memory. But, like most boards with a «hinged» design of the cooling system, there is not enough tight contact between the heatsink and the memory chips, which means that overclockers will have to add thermal paste before experimenting with this video card. In this regard, the approach of Gainward seems to be more successful, which uses adhesive-based radiators. Not surprisingly, its product overclocked better than Leadtek. On the other hand, the Gainward Ultra/650-8X TV 128 MB, despite its higher price, does not have a video input, and the bundle is not as rich as that of the Leadtek WinFast A280LETD MyViVO 128 MB. nine0006
The cooling system of Triplex Millennium Silver Ti4200-8X VIVO 128 MB and ASUS V9280/2DTV Video Suite 128 MB is somewhat unusual. The first heatsinks cover only the memory chips located on the front surface, and the second — only those that are behind. Such a solution only creates the appearance that the memory is protected from overheating and does not provide any special advantages during overclocking. Another feature of the ASUS V9280/2DTV Video Suite 128 MB is that this model has two digital DVI outputs for connecting LCD monitors. Two DVI-VGA adapters are included, but using them to connect a CRT monitor does not have the best effect on image quality. nine0006
The «budget» models from ASUS, AOpen, Club-3D and Gainward performed well. Club-3D CGN-2824TVD 64 MB stands out among them in terms of workmanship: its cooler is made of copper and consists of thin plates and generally does not differ from that used in the older ASUS model. If you already take an inexpensive board for experiments with overclocking, then you should opt for the Club-3D product, but you will have to make heatsinks for memory chips yourself. Another attractive option is ASUS V9280/TD 64 MB, which is offered at the lowest price of all the participants in the test and at the same time comes with an excellent set of games. As for the AOpen Aeolus GF4Ti4200 8X-V64 and Gainward Ultra/650-8X TV 64 MB, they were a bit let down by the bundle.
Inexpensive video cards from Palit did not perform well. Their cooling system is not distinguished by high-quality performance, but the equipment … I want to say «absent». In addition, the Palit Daytona GF4 Ti4200-8X 128 MB model has an unusually low memory frequency, and even the fact that it is cheaper than other 128 MB versions does not save it. nine0006
For comparison, we have presented the results of the first GeForce4 Ti4800SE models, which got into our Test Lab. As you can see, such video cards can only boast of their name — they are inferior in performance to GeForce4 Ti4600. And this is not surprising, because they are essentially GeForce4 Ti4400 with AGP 8X interface. But here you also need to be careful: their cost can be quite close to the expensive models presented in this test. But let’s hope that the prices for GeForce4 Ti4200-8X will soon return to normal, that is, they will drop to $135-140 for the 64-MB version, where the «old» GeForce4 Ti4200 is now. Finally, we repeat once again: there is no use from AGP 8X today, so you should not overpay a penny for this function. nine0006
Test procedure
Test system configuration: Pentium 4 2.53 GHz, 512 MB PC800 RDRAM, ASUS P4T533-C motherboard, Windows XP Professional SP1, DirectX 9.0 NVidia Detonator 40.72 drivers (forced GeForce4 Ti4400 driver for GeForce4 Ti4800SE).
For comparison we used Leadtek WinFast GeForce4 Ti4600 128 MB, Albatron GeForce4 Ti4800SE 128 MB, Gainward GeForce4 Ti4800SE 64 MB.
To overclock video cards, we used the appropriate function of the NVidia Detonator drivers. To activate it, you need a Coolbits key, available at address www. tweak3d.net/tweak/geforce/coolbits.reg . The frequency of the graphics chip was increased in 10 MHz increments, the video memory — in 20 MHz, until the video card passed the 3DMark2001 SE test without image defects. Overclocked versions are marked in red in the diagram. It must be remembered that two instances of the same video card model may have different overclocking capabilities. In addition, overclocking can lead to the failure of the video card without the possibility of warranty repair or replacement.
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| Pay attention to memory chips!
Memory chips can be used to judge both the performance of a video card and its overclocking potential. The frequency a memory is designed for is determined by its access time: for 5 ns (1 ns = 1 x 10 -9 s) the standard is 1/(5 x 10 -9 ), i.e. 200 MHz. For DDR SDRAM memory, the effective frequency is doubled, so if the memory chip is set to 40, this corresponds to an access time of 4 ns and a clock speed of 250 MHz (500 MHz DDR). |
Products provided by companies
| ABIT, Leadtek, Triplex | «Euro Plus» | (044) 249-3741 |
| Albatron | Compass | (044) 531-9730 |
| AOpen | K-Trade | (044) 252-9222 |
| ASUS | «Technopark» | (044) 238-8990 |
| Club-3D | Navigator | (044) 241-9494 |
| Gainward | «Euro Plus» | (044) 249-3741 |
| IT-Link | (044) 238-2935 | |
| Palit | IT Link | (044) 238-2935 |
GeForce4 Ti 4600 video card [in 1 benchmark]
NVIDIA
GeForce4 Ti 4600
- AGP interface 4x
- Core frequency 300 MHz
- Video memory size 128 MB
- Memory type DDR
- Memory frequency 648 MHz
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Description
NVIDIA started GeForce4 Ti 4600 sales on February 6, 2002 at a suggested price of $399. This is a desktop video card based on Kelvin architecture and 150 nm manufacturing process, primarily aimed at gamers. It has 128 MB of DDR memory at 0.65 GHz, and together with a 128-bit interface, this creates a bandwidth of 10.37 Gb / s.
In terms of compatibility, this is a single-slot card connected via the AGP 4x interface. The length of the reference version is 216 mm. nine0006
We don’t have test results for the GeForce4 Ti 4600.
General Information
Information about the type (desktop or laptop) and architecture of the GeForce4 Ti 4600, as well as when sales started and cost at that time.
| Place in the performance rating | The | |
| of 49999 (A100 SXM4) |
Features
GeForce4 Ti 4600’s general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. They indirectly speak about GeForce4 Ti 4600’s performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Core clock | 300 MHz |
Compatibility and dimensions
Information on GeForce4 Ti 4600 compatibility with other computer components. Useful for example when choosing the configuration of a future computer or to upgrade an existing one. For desktop video cards, these are the interface and connection bus (compatibility with the motherboard), the physical dimensions of the video card (compatibility with the motherboard and case), additional power connectors (compatibility with the power supply).
| memory capacity | 10.37 GB/s | of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260) |
| Video connectors | ||
| Vulkan | N/A |
Benchmark tests
These are the results of GeForce4 Ti 4600 rendering performance tests in non-gaming benchmarks. The overall score is set from 0 to 100, where 100 corresponds to the fastest video card at the moment.
- Passmark
Passmark
This is a very common benchmark included in the Passmark PerformanceTest package. He gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation by running four separate tests for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the latter is done in 4K resolution if possible), and a few more tests using DirectCompute.
Benchmark coverage: 25%
GeForce4 Ti 4600
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According to our statistics, these processors are most often used with the GeForce4 Ti 4600.
Core i5
2400
14.